Communist subversives try to take over a college..
Should you bother? If you have an interest in how 1930s Hollywood viewed the “Red Menace” in college lecture halls, then sure, dive in. Otherwise, you’ll probably find this thing as exciting as a cold plate of cafeteria mashed potatoes. It’s for the history buffs and the people who enjoy watching mid-30s actors pretend...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Hamilton MacFadden
Maurice Elvey
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"Should you bother? If you have an interest in how 1930s Hollywood viewed the “Red Menace” in college lecture halls, then sure, dive in. Otherwise, you’ll probably find this thing as exciting as a cold plate of cafeteria mashed potatoes. It’s for the history buffs and the people who enjoy watching mid-30s actors pretend to be perpetually outraged students. Fighting Youth is one of those movies that wants to be a serious warning about subversives, but it mostly just feels like a stiff lecture giv..."
Robert Hale
Robert Dillon, Florabel Muir, Hamilton MacFadden, Stanley Meyer, Henry Johnson
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